IP Library Granted Patent US 8,167,904
Granted Patent B2
US 8,167,904 · App. 10/985,800 · Granted May 1, 2012

Grip arrangement for a medical instrument, and such medical instrument

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Patent No.
US 8,167,904
App. No.
10/985,800
Granted
May 1, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A grip arrangement, for a medical instrument having a handle with two rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface, has, for each grip, a grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on the respective grip part, with in each case a grip surface of the grip parts which is of a larger size and/or of a different shape compared to the grip surface of the grip parts.

Claims (23)

1. A grip arrangement for a medical instrument, which instrument has a handle with two substantially rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface, said grip arrangement comprising for each said grip part a rod-shaped grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on said respective grip part so that said respective grip shell is arranged on said respective grip surface of said respective grip part, each said grip shell having a grip surface which is of a larger size compared to said grip surface of said grip parts.

2. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip surface of each said grip shell is of a different shape compared to said grip surface of said grip parts.

3. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells are designed so that they can be slid onto said grip parts from a proximal end of said grip parts.

4. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells are designed so that they can be plugged onto said grip parts from a side of said grip parts.

5. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells are designed as clamp parts to be clamped onto said grip parts.

6. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells have a recess in which said grip parts are at least partially received when said grip shells are secured to said grip parts.

7. The grip arrangement of claim 6 , wherein said recesses are designed so that said grip parts are received completely in said recesses, seen in cross section.

8. The grip arrangement of claim 6 , wherein said recesses are designed to receive said grip parts substantially with a form fit.

9. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein mutually facing sides of said grip shells, when secured on said grip parts, are each rounded along an edge of said sides.

10. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells each have at least one element for fixing said grip shells on said grip parts in a longitudinal direction with respect to said grip parts.

11. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells each have at least one element for fixing said grip shells on said grip parts in a transverse direction with respect to said grip parts.

12. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells each have at least one element for securing said grip shells against turning about a longitudinal direction of said grip parts.

13. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells each have a soft surface.

14. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells each have a roughened grip surface.

15. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells have locking means for locking said grip parts in different relative grip positions.

16. The grip arrangement of claim 15 , wherein said locking means permit stepless locking of said grip parts in different relative grip positions.

17. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said arrangement comprises a large number of sets of grip shells of at least one of different sizes and different shapes.

18. The grip arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said grip shells can be autoclaved.

19. A medical instrument, comprising a handle with two substantially rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface which allows operation of the medical instrument, wherein for each said grip part at least one rod-shaped grip shell is provided which can be secured in a detachable manner on said respective grip parts, said at least one grip shell having a grip surface which is of a larger size compared to said grip surface of said grip parts.

20. The medical instrument of claim 19 , wherein said grip surface of said at least one grip shell is of a different shape compared to said grip surface of said grip parts.

21. A grip arrangement for a medical instrument, which instrument has a handle with two substantially rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface which allows operation of the medical instrument, said grip arrangement comprising for each said grip part a rod-shaped grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on said respective grip part so that said respective grip shell is arranged on said respective grip surface of said respective grip part, each said grip shell having a grip surface which is of a larger size compared to said grip surface of said grip parts.

22. A grip arrangement for a medical instrument, which instrument has a handle with two substantially rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface, said grip arrangement comprising for each said grip part a rod-shaped grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on said respective grip part so that said respective grip shell is arranged on said respective grip surface of said respective grip part, each said grip shell having a grip surface which is of a larger size compared to said grip surface of said grip parts;

wherein said grip shells have locking means that permit stepless locking of said grip parts in different relative grip positions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 20, 2018
From: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
To: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 045373/0627 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2005
From: SZABO, ZOLTAN
To: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 015594/0581 →